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Southwest Medical University

In research, Southwest Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#359 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#292 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#450 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Nephrology and Complementary and alternative medicine — Cancer Research is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#729
of 28,054 · #2,405 all time
Rank in China
#242
of 3,058
Research works
5.5k
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Southwest Medical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #359 of 10,443 26.5%1,084 #1528
Life SciencesDomain #292 of 7,800 29.5%719 #1086
Health SciencesDomain #450 of 11,982 26.6%1,171 #1671
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #305 of 3,579 28.8%487 #1134
Molecular BiologySubfield #239 of 2,175 29.6%306 #971
Physical SciencesDomain #2,459 of 12,888 25.5%304 #5980
SurgerySubfield #444 of 1,816 20.7%139 #1425
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #294 of 1,144 26.4%96 #1062
NeuroscienceField #340 of 1,168 27.4%80 #1147
EpidemiologySubfield #304 of 976 26.5%89 #1258

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southwest Medical University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,528 #359
  2. Life Sciences#1,086 #292
  3. Health Sciences#1,671 #450
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,134 #305
  5. Molecular Biology#971 #239
  6. Physical Sciences#5,980 #2,459
  7. Surgery#1,425 #444
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,062 #294
  9. Neuroscience#1,147 #340
  10. Epidemiology#1,258 #304
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Southwest Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 76.2 works7.7×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 25.3 works5.1×
  3. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 33.8 works5.1×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 79.0 works5.0×
  5. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 29.2 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.01× its world share, 487 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.93× its world share, 90 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.48× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.51× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 76 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.55× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 1,084 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southwest Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Anguo Wu, Mingxing Li and Guang Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southwest Medical University.

  1. 1 Anguo Wu China · #144,988 worldwide 317 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mingxing Li China · #249,758 worldwide 148 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Guang Li China · #286,600 worldwide 66 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Shuang Wang China · #388,234 worldwide 117 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jianming Wu China · #428,218 worldwide 174 citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Jianbo Wu China · #438,445 worldwide 62 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jing Shen China · #448,388 worldwide 133 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Hao Chi China · #451,620 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Junjiang Fu China · #544,095 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Wanping Li China · #552,210 worldwide 57 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Southwest Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Southwest Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Angiogenesis and Cell Death.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation251▲ 5.3×82 topics
  2. Cancer224▲ 7.3×55 topics
  3. Epidemiology156▲ 1.73×115 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress151▲ 4.1×56 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment94▲ 9.4×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression80▲ 5.8×18 topics
  7. Biomarkers71▲ 4.6×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease70▲ 2.8×36 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy68▲ 5.2×18 topics
  10. Angiogenesis64▲ 8.6×16 topics
  11. Cell Death60▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications56▲ 2.1×28 topics
  13. Treatment56▲ 2.0×44 topics
  14. Metabolism56▲ 4.8×29 topics
  15. Immunity54▲ 5.8×10 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome54▲ 2.9×22 topics
  17. Antioxidant52▲ 3.3×45 topics
  18. Immunotherapy52▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Metastasis51▲ 6.6×12 topics
  20. Drug Delivery51▲ 4.1×13 topics
  21. Apoptosis50▲ 7.3×21 topics
  22. Biogenesis50▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Regulation47▲ 3.8×13 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species45▲ 4.9×12 topics
  25. Immune Response43▲ 3.4×20 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance41▲ 4.0×10 topics
  27. Cancer Progression39▲ 9.3×8 topics
  28. Epigenetic Regulation39▲ 8.0×6 topics
  29. Extracellular Matrix38▲ 9.5×7 topics
  30. Regeneration38▲ 8.6×6 topics
  31. Innate Immunity37▲ 5.1×11 topics
  32. Cytokines37▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Macrophages34▲ 8.5×7 topics
  34. PET Imaging32▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Lipid Peroxidation31▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Ferroptosis30▲ 17×1 topic
  37. GPX430▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Stromal Cells28▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Growth Factors28▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Cell Signaling28▲ 7.9×12 topics

Which research topics does Southwest Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis and RNA modifications and cancer.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…30Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 30 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…26Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 26 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 20 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 20 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 18 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 17 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 17 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…15Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 15 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 15 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchOncologyMolecular Biology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 30 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 26 works
  3. 3 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 20 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 20 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 18 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 17 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 17 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 15 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 15 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwest Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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